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Hi,

I'm running Snow Leopard.

And I have a multimedia hypercard stack which I received by email as a .zip file and which I would like to play in Rev.

So far I have unzipped it using stuffit and zipeg. They both produce slightly different results.

And neither of the unziped files will play in Rev - without many errors showing up.

Is there a method I need to follow in order to succeed?

I'm quite mac literate, but not a programmer.

Any help would be much welcomed.

Thanks.

bobapple,

You will have to adjust the scripts to avoid the errors, but that will also disable some features of the HyperCard stack. If you want to have these features back, you will have to do some programming.

You can also open the HyperCard stack after suppressing messages in the Development menu. This will prevent any errors from occurring, but it will also disable all other scripts.

Best,

Mark

Thank you Mark,

I can follow along with programming, but I'd need line-by-line instructions. is there somewhere on the forum - or elsewhere that I can find this information?

Bob

Hi Bob,

Read this thread and search this forum for "HyperCard". You can also have a look at the mail list.

Best,

Mark

PS:

This is a work by a well-known Canadian new media artist from 1998. And I'm trying to make it available for people to view on OS X, now that Classic is gone.

B

Bob,

Have you contacted the original author to inquire about copyright issues?

Best,

Mark

Good point. We're in direct touch on this. He's the one who sent me the file.

OK, that's cool then. Good luck with the project, Bob.

Mark

Mark,

Looking through this link, it seems that stacks cannot be converted in RunRev without modifying in HyperCard on Classic OS first.

This a problem. If I had Classic installed, I wouldn't need to convert the file at all. I'd just watch it.

Is there any other software you're aware of which can simply play the stacks or convert them directly to OS X without reverting to Classic first?

Bob

Hi Bob,

That's not true. You can open the stack, as I already explained. It is more convenient to make changes in HyperCard, but it is not obligatory. If you want, you can still run HyperCard in Sheepshaver (just search for it using a search engine on the 'net).

Best,

Mark

Hi Mark,

SuperCard's trial version of HyperCard Converter has it running now. It's a little too fast, but there was no programming involved.

Thanks,

Bob